Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launches multimedia guide 'COVID Katha'

DST's efforts have helped India attain 3rd position globally after China and the US in terms of the number of publications in science citation index journals, says the health minister

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday launched 'COVID Katha', a multimedia guide on the Covid-19 disease.

According to a release, the Union Minister interacted with heads of all Autonomous Institutions (AIs) and Subordinate offices of Department of Science and Technology (DST) via video conferencing on the occasion of 50th DST Foundation Day about their S & T initiatives, particularly in relation to their endeavours for combating the Covid-19 outbreak.

Speaking about the importance of DST, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, "DST and its autonomous institutions